Solar Star: Nicole Kuepper

Nicole Kuepper, a 23-year-old PhD student from UNSW's School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, has developed photovoltaic (solar) technology involving a simple inkjet printing process. The work could bring electricity to 2 billion of the world's poorest people - and has already two prestigious Eureka Prizes for Nicole.

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Peter Trute | +61 2 9385 1933 | p.trute@unsw.edu.au

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[bronson4216]

Smart and hot great combo!!!!

[noahjackson1]

This is a great video! Keep up the outstanding work!

[dseward167]

GO GIRL!!!!! I've always been interested in solar power. But the cost is insane. Keep up the good wirk!

[kawaiiness]

This is what I want to study when I finish year 12 :D I think the closest thing to it is EcoChemistry or Sustainable Energy Engineering in Adelaide.

[rbha311]

Well Jason the efficiency of solar cells has been the biggest problem and coupled with their cost they do not prove to be a very viable investment for most home owners. But with this inkjet printing technology we can surely hope that the costs can go down and if this can get enough of an attention of potential investors then we can see more money going into solar research and hopefully the developments in this field in terms of the efficiency accelerating.

[rbha311]

siobhan you need to rethink why requiring little maintainance and being environmentally friendly would be a weakness.